... shows the relative importance ofthe variouskinds of data written to disk, both in terms of how much of the live blocks they occupy on disk and in terms of howmuch ofthe data written to the ... clean. The policy rates each segmentaccording to the benefit of cleaning the segment and the cost of cleaning the segment and chooses the segments with the highest ratio of benefit to cost. The benefit ... used the most recentmodified time of any block in the segment (ie. the age of the youngest block) as an estimate of how long the space islikely to stay free. The benefit of cleaning is the space-timeproduct...
... with radio waves to probe the interior of the human body. Properly adjusting the strength and frequency ofthe fields cause the atomic nuclei in a localized region ofthe body to resonate between ... away at the speed of light. Aircraft in the path of this wave will reflect a small portion of the energy back toward a receiving antenna, situated near the transmission site. The distance to the ... tounderstand the theoretical implications ofthe work. A basic premise of this book is that most practical DSP techniques can belearned and used without the traditional barriers of detailed mathematics...
... over-generalized, and chronic. The issues raisedby these incompatible points of view attending the inception of the notion of social phobia are as relevant now as they were then; they areas controversial ... examine the validity ofthe measures devised to ascertain and quantify social anxiety,as this is most relevant to social phobia.Examination ofthe validity both ofthe construct and ofthe methodsassessing ... Phobia?‘ Of all the many wonders, none is more wonderful than man whohas learnt the arts of speech, of wind-swift thought, and the living inneighborliness.’’Sophocles in the grip of panic. The...
... and difficult on the other. Because ofthe emergence of information sources such as the world-wide computer network called the Internet2 (the source of information this thesis will focus ... get a clear picture ofthe size ofthe Internet, let alone to make an estimation ofthe amount of information that is available on or through it;ã The dynamic nature ofthe information on ... are pieces of software code, people like to deal with them as if they were dealing with other people (regardless ofthe type of agent interface that is being used).Agents that fit the stronger...
... referral) maydepend on the nature ofthe condition, whether the refer-ral is for reasons of diagnosis and/or treatment, the pref-erence ofthe provider, and the relationship between the providers. ... evi-dence of efficacy/effectiveness for a given condition suchas musculoskeletal chest pain, that the path of referral forchest pain will depend on the nature ofthe condition and the urgency ofthe ... situation, that the point of referral maydepend on the familiarity or relationship between the providers, and that the nature ofthe referral (e.g., amountand type of information accompanying the referral)...
... 4.4% of men and 1.8% of women over the age of 65 [4]. A two-fold increase inincidence of gout has been reported in the USA and NewZealand over the past 30 years, while the prevalence of gout ... three-fold in the UK over 20 years of follow-up [10]. This rise may be attrib-uted in part to the continuous aging ofthe population aswell as the widespread use of diuretics for treatment of hypertension ... thatthese were most likely due to old trauma. Mild osteoar-thritic changes were noted at the carpal-metacarpal jointat the base ofthe thumb. The report stated that the radio-graphs were otherwise...
... by the standards, and where they are necessary for the control ofthe processes in the organization. In addition to the requirements of ISO 9000, the code of GMP goes deeper into the types of ... of quality control in such industries. The effects of this part ofthe GMP standards are far reaching in the sense that there would have to be periodic assessment of these characteristics of ... in the food, drug, cosmetic and medical device industries know that the health and safety of their customers depend on the quality of their products. It is very important, therefore, that they...
... Department of State. A few ofthe groups on the official list,however, are guerrilla organizations. These include the FARC, the LTTE, and the PKK. To be sure, the FARC, the LTTE, and the PKK engage ... that the role ofthe media inpromoting the spread of terrorism cannot be ignored in any discussion of the causes of terrorism. Thanks to media coverage, the methods, demands, andgoals of terrorists ... describes the German terrorists of the Baader-Meinhof Gang as “children without fathers.” They were sons anddaughters of fathers who had either been killed by Nazis or survived Nazism.Their children...
... proposed syllabus for the target students based on the previous chapters. The last part ofthe study is a summary ofthe study including the conclusion ofthe study, limitations ofthe study as well ... is given out by the administrators). 3.3.3.4.2. The organization ofthe syllabusBasing on the results ofthe surveys and the official requirements ofthe college, we have offered an ESP reading ... objectives ofthe course, together with the institutional bias ofthe teaching institution’. It implies that a material designer must analyze the needs ofthe learners for whom he or she designs the...
... meanings, which can influence the establishment and maintenance ofthe interpersonal relationship between the speaker and the listener and affect the fulfillment ofthe goal ofthe verbal interaction.6 ... of the processes, i.e. the ideational grammatical metaphor is a more metaphorical way of expressing the meaning at the level of experience. The interpersonal grammatical metaphor, on the other ... grammatical metaphor or the way ideas are expressed rather than on words used. 4 Methodology ofthe studyAs the thesis sets its main objective of investigating the characteristics of metaphor in English...
... SATISFACTIONOver the years, the development of different theories of management and different approached to organization has affected the way we view motivation. In the 19th century, the writer ... There is one sport at which the British are always the world champions. Nobody can beat them at the noble art of queuing. The British actually look forward to spending their weekends in a queue, ... lakes. It is an agency ofthe Department of Agriculture. The first is the threat of fire and fuel. This year, forest fires have burned more than three million hectares of land. That is almost...